[MLB-WIRELESS] Legal question

[Steven Haigh]

I think the main reason for legal/illegal is your intent. Yes, if you break 
a WEP key, then you are breaking into the network and showing intent...

If it auto-connects, and it is your intent to break/abuse a network, then 
it's illegal. If you opened up your notebook, and went "oh, it says I have 
net access" and browsed a few pages, then I doubt you'd get into trouble for 
it.

It all depends on your intentions.

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Signed,
Steven Haigh

I am root. If you see me laughing, you'd better have a backup.
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment. - 
Jim Horning.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason X" <jxuereb at optushome.com.au>
To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 1:05 PM
Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Legal question


> Say you are on your laptop and suddenly your laptop connects to an AP gets
> an IP address and this AP is bridged to the Internet and you are able to
> surf the Internet. Is this illegal? as you are accessing someone elses
> network, even though they issued you the IP Address and allow you onto 
> their
> network?
>
> I'd assume cracking a WEP key and gaining entry into the network would 
> come
> under hacking or intrusion of some sort but what about in this case, with 
> an
> open AP?
>
> Do you need express permission to gain access to any network?
>
> Cheers
> Jason
>
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